Polak wins “gold” in the Balkan championship – Seven medals for Greece

Greece won seven medals on the first day of the Balkan championship, three of which were gold.

The gold medal in the pole vault was won by Helen Pollack with 4.40 m., which with this victory seems to have ensured the qualification to the World Championships in Budapest. Gnafakis and Frantzseskakis won gold medals in the morning. The athlete then failed to go beyond 4.50 meters. The silver medal went to Nicole Kyriakopoulou, who cleared 4.30m today and then was unable to clear 4.40m.

THE Yannis Nyfantopoulos won the bronze medal in the 100 m in 10.44, in a race that was held with great delay. The athlete in the qualifier had achieved 10.39. The winner in the 100 m was the Austrian Marcus Fuss with 10.40 and second was the Ukrainian Vasiliev also with 10.44.

The Men’s 4X100m team won the silver medal in 39.52. Oi sOtiris Garaganis, Yiannis Kariophyllis, Yiannis Granitsiotis and Yiannis Nyfantopoulos they didn’t get the time they would have liked, but they still put in a good showing.

A new permanent presence was made by Odysseus Mouzenizis, who was third in the shot put with 19.54m in another solid performance of the season. In the same competition, Tasos Latiflari he was fifth with 18.86 meters.

THE Elina Jengo just a few days after the gold medal at the U23 European Championships she ran a race, more of a training nature, where she was fifth with 55.47m and now turns her attention to preparing for the World Championships.

THE Georgia Despollaris added another outstanding performance to her credit by finishing fourth in the 800m in 2.03.70, achieving her second career performance. The young athlete again relied on her dynamism and speed and despite the fact that she was closed and had to run in the outdoor one, she made a very good appearance. A few days ago, the athlete won the bronze medal at the European U23 Championship.

A very good appearance was also made by Irini Vassiliou, who was seventh in 2.04.86, which is also the second best performance of her career. The experienced athlete was closed in some places, however she showed that she has the potential to chase good performances over the distance. The 800 m race was delayed due to rain that broke out and pushed back the entire program. In the 5,000 m Marios Anagnostou was 5th with 14.38.27.

The Women’s 4X100 m team consisting of Anastasiou, Spanoudaki, Tsoukala and Emmanuelidou he failed to finish, as the baton was dropped in the second change.

Anastasia Dragomirova leads the heptathlon with 3,266, while Sophia Kamperidou she was fourth with 2,973. In the decathlon o Angelos Andreoglou is second with 3,879 and o Ares Peristeris sixth with 3,662.

The positions of the male and female athletes

1st 56.45 400 m. imp. Dimitra Gnafaki

1st 4.40m pole vault Eleni Pollak

1st 74.62 m. hammer throw Christos Franzeskakis

2nd 4.30m pole vault Nicole Kyriakopoulos

2nd 39.52 4X100 m. Garaganis, Kariophyllis, Granitsiotis, Nyfantopoulos

3rd 19.54 m. shot put Odysseus Mouzenizis

3rd 10.44 100 m. Yiannis Nyfantopoulos

4th 2.03.70 800 m. Georgia Despollaris

4th 14:38.27 5,000 m Marios Anagnostou

40s 73.24 m. hammer throw Michalis Anastasakis

5th 10.10.90 3,000 steeplechase Nicoleta Raphaelaki

5th 18.86 m shot put Tasos Latiflari

5th 2.14 m height Antonis Merlos

5th 55.47 m javelin Elina Jengo

7th 2.04.86 800 m. Irini Vassiliou

7th 10.25.79 3,000m steeplechase Isavalla Kotsacheili

9th 11.85 100 m. Raphaela Spanoudaki

10th 11.87 100 m Dimitra Tsoukala

7th 52.17 400 m. imp. Dimitris Levantinos

10th 54.60 400 m. Despina Mourta

11th 11.71 100 m Nikos Panagiotopoulos

13th 7.00 m. (-2.00) length Nikos Stamatonikolos